Show BY B Y TELEGRAPH rrb UNION UMON telegraph USE une AMERICAN 18 representative davis has today to day received an interesting te letter from the secretary of war in response to one in which he invited the departments coop coop co op oration indis in his movement to procure the use of part of some rome of the land in san francisco bay for quarantine purposes secretary ramsey embodies in his letter with in an expression of approval the following tele uain gain cram recently received by him from general mcdowell McDo welI well 1 I see by to days dla dia dispatch pitches es that steps are to be taken to some of or the public lands 1 m n san francisco bay to be used by the city authorities for quarantine purposes durpos es and that angel island is suggested as the most suitable station I 1 beg to represent that there are grave objections to the use of angel island both as afi aff affecting opting the military and the city of f san francisco A station can be had on goat island peninsular island or best of all near lime point between that point and point Cavel cavella ls where there laa is a delightful shelter water and old buildings not now used by the military secretary ramsey continues with reference to your inquiry as to the authority oc of this department to grant the use of a portion of government island or angel island for the purpose indicated I 1 beg to state that the attorney general in an opinion dated may 1869 holds that thab the secretary of war cannot convey to any person any interest in land belonging to the united states except in pursuance of an act aci of congress expressly or implicitly authorizing him to do so and that under this opinion an act of congress will be necessary to authorize hi me to grant the ure uce of any lands of the war department to the eit elt city eity of san francisco for quarantine purposes u r in accordance with pt the e above suggestion respecting the land near lime point davis da vis will have his bill amended by the house committee to whom it was last week referred so as to relate to the nih nia mainland inland as well as island while the thea agricultural appropriation bill was u under n der den consideration tion in the house today to day the chairman of the public lands committee offered ered an amendment appropriating to enable the commissioner of agriculture to sink two experimental artesian wells in colorado east cast of the rocky mountains sparks of illinois immediately raised a roii roil 1 t of order that it was not gr germane a to 0 the tue bill buethe chair chairman oc alpe e committee odthe of the whole hooker of massachusetts overruled the point of order belford then took the floor and afta characterized characterised sparks sparl sl opi opposition as gi a small smail business he said belford had yesterday reported a bill appropriating to improve eastern rivers and harbors hud and now when the west came forward dmd aked for an appropriation of dortly 20 to demonstrate the existence of or water in its arid region that gentleman tle tie man rose rosean jn his place and objected Hute hutc hutehins hims hias of new york asked aswed ed BO fo lie found any warrant jn in the constitution for such an appropriation whereupon BeIj neil lord Tord walking rapidly down tiie tile the aisle nisle and crossing the space in front 0 of the speakers table towards the democratic cra tic side replied w with th characteristic enthusiasm that he fountie noun Foun the warrant arrant in the fact that the ment mont owned the land t aaflei an ani l that it was its solemn duty duly to make it fit for fox human habitation he I 1 immediately added good but hut with great barll barli earnestness estness no honest man can object to s such uch an appropriation this elicited laughter and applause on both sides of the house an employed of the census bureau has addressed to the tile chairman of the committee on oa sowe ame some very serious allegations allegation is in regard to the means employed to secure for the texas pacific corporation on the land grant whose extension is now being sought from congress he claims to have hare evidence to sh show ow tb that at in cash and jn finst first mortgage land grant bonds were paid to senators tors torp for vs votes tes tea to pa ss th the e land grant bill in the tat I 1 upper house in july 1870 and J bat hat worth of land grant bonds were divided for a similar purpose c among members odthe of the tho house the bill finally passed on the tiie ad of march farch 1871 and the texas pacific scheme has an been so fertile a source of lobbying int ing 41 and ud wire pulling in congress as to dye certain inherent nt probability to 16 the cli eli charges arges now made their author professes to be able to fur ur ami documentary evid ovid evidence euce once of the truth of his hi assertion as well a rothe the names of witnesses witness es who are cognizant of the facts charges BO so specific ficano and so obviously capable of being readily tested demand thorough and immediate investigation general charles adams who has just returned from colorado says bays therease ther gare eare eare now waiting on the borders d ers of the ute reservation at least 1000 1003 wagon loads of emigrant emigrants who have come com e thither from miss missouri aurl kansas iowa and illinois lili Illi expecting to make mako homes and put in crops chops this summer mummer in the dalfey many of them are already desti destitute of bf provi provisions and a th threatening reat ening state of affairs exists not only on this account but also by reason ofa growing feeling among the indians that they have been cheated hy by being brought to washington to sign an agreement which has not been ratified senator hill called with general adams on the president t and secretary schurz today they hay were assured that the administration is deeply impressed with the necessity of speedy act action lo 10 n by congress on the pending b bill il I 1 to ratify the ute agreement the senate did not act on the adjournment J journ fourn ment resolution it should be a concurrent resolution and this error may send it back to the house and reopen the guestion question there hay the writing expert testified in the donnelly washburne case that W 8 king did not write the anonymous letter and that finley might amigh 4 have arl written aten it the president not notified nned fled the cabinet lie lle had decided to appoint horace maynard minister to constantinople to succeed key as postmaster ster general wll nep yi springfield ills 18 the state central com committee m it tee teo held a very harmonious meeting this evening with all the members present but two it was decided that A M jones chairman of the committee should call the convention to order tomorrow to morrow and nominate as temporary chairman raum commissioner of internal revenue A resolution was vas then unanimously passed that none nond of the contesting contest irim delegations delecia be admitted to the floor of the hall but be given tickets to the gallery seating capacity will be equally divided among the members of the committee it was aisa alsa decided to depart from the usual pro gramme on account of the contest in cook county and instead of calling the delegates together at ten a in by congressional districts as u usual ual to select district delegate and members of diffie different rent committees all ali 11 the districts but the first and third which are partly in cook county will meet at 10 and select only their members of committee on credentials this plan gives satisfaction is iN to everybody and no business jesswill will swill be transacted until the contest in cook county is settled if the usual plan had bad been adopted at the first the districts would not have been represented nn dif dit different lerent committees until their business was transacted under the pro gramme adopted the convention will organize and districts will report committee credentials and recess will probably be taken the tile fairness displayed by the grant majority on the state cent central committee committee ee in making these arjang ments indicates that the convention will be bea a harmonious one the blaine delegate delegates A and vii vaitor vil visitors tor held a public meeting tonight to night which was largely attended etwas 11 was decided to unite with the washburne men in the convention and demand the admission of the Farwell hall delegates from cook co county tinty A committee was appointed to confer with a like committee from the washburne Wash bume bube meeting SAN FRANCISCO 18 the tho time of the Working mens convention this morning was taken up by wrangling over the question appropriating delegates to the na national dional green labor without reaching any result in the afternoon the committee on platform resolutions and constitution reported the platform ie anti chinese anti subsidy anti antl national bank antimonopoly antl anti monopoly and favori favoring ncy ncr greenbacks green backs government condol con rol roi of f corporations female enfranchisement hise creating by tax a fund to io be used in assisting the heads of families in settling on public land and the election of president and vice president of the united states and postmasters by direct vote of the people the constitution does not differ materially from the old except in providing that in addition to president vice vlee president se secretary detary and treasurer the executive department of the party consist 0 f one club and a president from each county additional resolutions sympathize ath halloch and kearney and many man clatis clauses es of the thel platform the resolutions were adopted as read A resolution declaring alien allen 0 thurin thurman n the choice of the working mens mena party p art for president of the united states was adopted after a hot debate by a vote of 60 to 41 the opposition to the ac resolution alution was on the th ground aund that it was impolitic to ex express p S ally any preference a at t present pres on tj not b because U of objections to thurman as a candidate NEW york 18 the bulletin prints a table of grain exports from the atlantic and we western stern ports from which it compiles complies the following for themon the month of april total exports of wheat from those ports including flour reduced to towhead wheat was bushels against bushels for the some month in 1879 so notwithstanding the speculative check to shipments the exports for the last month exceeded those of A april ril 1879 by bushels the TE pacific total export of wheat and flour from july first to may first reached bushels against bushels for the dile same period of 17 78 79 19 western wheat averaged per bushel against for the same period of 1878 79 there is I 1 a x painful rumor on the tiie street that the steamer canada has been lost with all on board there are axe two steamers of this nameh named name one belonging to the national line which left london bondon may for new york and the tile other belonging to the french line which left here on the for havre the rumor is not noc yet traceable and is given for what it is worth asworth WEST POINT IS 18 whittaker this morning on hearing his testimony read made only ori ord one e or two trivial corrections ST PAUL paua 18 the state republican convention meets here tomor to mor row the candidacy of senator windom has given unprecedented dented interest to the contest in the primaries a les ies of the whole number of delegates chosen so far are instructed ted for windom for blaine and 10 scattering it is thought that when the convention mems meets however windom will be the choice of much the larger number and will be presented to the Nati national onil convention almost unanimously as a candidate PHILADEL philadelphia pnra PHrA 18 at a meeting of the cuban revolutionary cl club ng b of this city last evening a lett jett letter er was read tead stating a telegram in from jamaica signed by meguel barret had been received announcing that a provisional government had been formed iri in cuba with gen as president Po minister of the in interior and war behor fonseco Allu minister ister lster of foreign A affairs ff a I 1 r s and senor lamadrid pi diplomatic J I 1 0 matic matie commissioner to the united uni L et states coudersport COUDER SPORT pa IS 18 at three this afternoon a nire fire broke ou out t in the rear room of shebbie Sli sil ebbin bros broa smore store sto re used for storing 63 oil oll 11 the mown town being without water supply or fire a apparatus nothing could be done to check cheek eck eek the fire which burned rap rapidly d by five every dwelling smore store and place of business except four ivere ivere lvere laid in ashes about 40 buildings in all were destroyed loss insurance 75 00 llis liis 19 I 1 A mucus was held last night of the grant del dei delegates gates and 85 c counties respond responded to the call cail A dispatch from E B washburne Was liburne requesting ills his friends to support grant was vms read the republican state convention was vas called to order at noon by A 11 jones Jone sand and greene B mum raum was unanimously chosen chairman thousands of people are arc in the city unable to gain admission to the hall only tickets being issued jones made a speech alluding to the glorious record dof of the republican I 1 arty in the rhe congressional districts except the first three held conventions during in the forenoon to select members bembe r s of the committee on credentials 1 in n several se several veral verai districts delegates were also selected NEW YORK 19 A cable dispatch received this morning announce that an american newsy newspaper aper recently offered ered princ prince e bismarck yearly to write weekly ar articles t leles leies for the journal in question bismarck was greatly amused at the offer but wrote a serious letter respectfully declining the times timm which continues as hostile to blaine as it possibly could be to tilden has washington correspondents who declares that blaine is implicated in the texas pacific land grant business as told tod mod in the famous georgia letter several journals direct attention that this is the hundredth annever the celebrated dank dark quark day of history the tribunes washington agton says general adams indian inspector has arrived in washington from the ute reservation the condition amm aff mairs affairs thereas he reports is peace pence fu lul but birt so 80 critical critic alWs as to make it necessary for Cong congress iress to act promptly on th euter dUter bill there are adams bays pays a th thousand busand wagons upon the borders bardt m of ohp ute reservation containing the he household goods and i efred effects ts of intending settlers upon the I 1 agricultural portions of the indian lands and the owners of them are awaiting the action of congress al at the meeting of the bullion club last evening C L canfield of eureka nevada read a paper on the Past pascaud Pa stand mud gud present of eastern nevada nevadar Ne vadar vadal canfield first gave a sketch ch 0 of f the country as it was more than t twenty years ago before the touch of the magic silver wand turned the thie arid barren region inep a scene of activity and excitement ent he toll how the town of austin flourished until it had i population opu lation of add an d subsequently on jy 1 ftfe t f I 1 alaway la way to a few hundred the impression having gone abroad that the soil was waa worked out while jn in truth although the place had yielded untold wealth it had hardly been scratched over in 1868 fol foi followed lowed th the e white te pine hegira and the descove discovery ry of the camou 8 eber h art in mine iel rel 4 the ore from which was almost a solid mass of sil ver ter after the first rush a rapid decline set in and the property perty fell into the hands 0 of englis English Erp 1 capitalists and I 1 at t present through their enterprise the probability is that good results will be |